Reading to preschoolers rises

Way to go, parents: More of you are reading to your preschoolers, a habit experts say helps children learn to read and increases their chances of enjoying reading later in life.

According to survey information gathered for "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2002," 58 percent of preschoolers were read to every day by a family member last year, up from 54 percent in 1999. Among children who start school already reading fluently, a common factor is that they were read to regularly.